[donmeaker]

I recall one case where Negroes, even freed Negroes were not allowed to own land in Virginia. They hired a lawyer, who started a Corporation, and they bought land and slaves. Since Corporations have no race, that was found to be legal. Many of the slaves that were bought were the wifes, children, siblings or parents of the share holders.

Fredrick Douglass was also bought out of slavery. It offended him no end that his "master" was still able to profit from him, years after he had made his escape.

Cinque, the leader of the revolted slaves on the Spanish ship "Armistad" later became a slave trader. The US Navy officer who took the Armistad took it to Connecticut, rather than to New York. Slavery was not legal in NY at that time, but was still legal in Connecticut, and if found to be legal slaves, they could be sold at auction, with the salvage or prize money to go to the Navy ship's company (with extra shares to the officers. They could have doubled their prize in this way. John Quincy Adams was able to argue successfully that the slaves were not legal, they were traveling under forged papers, and were, of right, free men and women. Some were returned to Africa, some stayed in the US.

The Great Rebellion was begun by foolish southern hotheads. The south had mooched off the north for tens of years. building forts using slave labor off the federal dollar.

Then, they lose one election, and they come up with a completely unjustified idea that the States, joined by the Articles of Confederation, and joined further by the current Constitution, are now suddenly "sovereign".

Rather than sue in court, the southern hotheads appealed to the sword. They lost. Badly. The winners have ever after had to console them with fairy tails about their bravery.

The notion that the Confederates got rid of their slaves before the north is pretty bogus. They lost their slaves by military action, conducted by the Union forces, at high cost. The rebels held on as long as they could, and tried to reestablish slavery after the war. The 13th and 14th amendment were necessary to keep the slaves free, by permitting them to arm themselves.

Now I am tired of correcting your egregious errors. good night.

[Hostage]

I made no errors. I made only a comment, that your argument is silly. You can be pissed if you want to be, it does not change your attributes except to show you as a blowhard with head between some history books.

"What is History?"

Any historian worth their salt has read and studied White's book.